The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 37 39 24
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 2 7 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 0.990% 3.196% 6.250%
As % of the Operating Systems category 7.692% 11.86% 28.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 11
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Stoke-on-Trent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
26 59 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 12.87% 26.94% 22.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 46 21
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Staffordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Stoke-on-Trent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Stoke-on-Trent Windows Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing Windows Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2008.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) SaaS
4 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (37.50%) IIS
5 3 (37.50%) MS Office
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (37.50%) VMware
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (25.00%) VCP5
6 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (25.00%) MCITP
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (25.00%) Change Management
6 2 (25.00%) Internet
6 2 (25.00%) MCSA
6 2 (25.00%) ERP
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 1 (12.50%) LAN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent region citing Windows Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) IIS
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) IT Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support
3 1 (12.50%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) SaaS
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) Ubuntu
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) VCP5
1 2 (25.00%) MCITP
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (25.00%) MCSA
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco